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Sirte university falls as confusion mars battle

Rebel fighters present a man n hospital garb who they believe is a Gaddafi loyalist posing as a doctorANIS MILI/Reuters

Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi are being pushed back in the confused and bloody last stand for Sirte.

Revolutionary forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) overran the city university in the east of the city on today amid fighting that mixed devastating weaponry with sometimes medieval levels of military sophistication.

Like knights of the Middle Ages, the NTC fighters have come to rely on flags — green for Colonel Gaddafi, red, black and green for the revolution — fluttering on the corners of buildings and cranes, waved around corners and over rooftops. It is often the only means that the desperately poorly co-ordinated NTC forces have to communicate their gains.